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I have a Polar White Ioniq PHEV and when I was claying my car for the first time today, I found something odd that is likely to be a manufacturer defect. I live in the US and on the left side (driver side) , the chrome underneath the base of side mirror is painted white unlike the right side which is just chrome. The white painted chrome looks crudely painted too. This peaked my curiousity in whether the car should actually have the paint or chrome. I've had my Ioniq for about 5 months and it's funny I've never noticed before 😄.

During my investigation, I found another white Ioniq with the similar issue on youtube albeit the opposite of mine.

On 0:16 you can clearly see that the chrome strip goes all the way underneath the base of the side mirror.
While around 2:04, it's painted white.

In the gallery, there is also a 360 view of the car, and in that view, guess what? The strips underneath the base of the side mirrors ARE PAINTED the same color as the color of the car you've chosen.

Honestly, I think I'd rather mine be chrome but white would've been ok too IF THEY WERE DONE WELL AND ON BOTH SIDES 😪. I'd post some pics of mine if requested (It's too dark to take pictures now). I also understand it's just asthetic but what do you guys expect from someone that details their own car? lol

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I have a Polar White Ioniq PHEV and when I was claying my car for the first time today, I found something odd that is likely to be a manufacturer defect. I live in the US and on the left side (driver side) , the chrome underneath the base of side mirror is painted white unlike the right side which is just chrome. The white painted chrome looks crudely painted too. This peaked my curiousity in whether the car should actually have the paint or chrome. I've had my Ioniq for about 5 months and it's funny I've never noticed before 😄.

During my investigation, I found another white Ioniq with the similar issue on youtube albeit the opposite of mine.

On 0:16 you can clearly see that the chrome strip goes all the way underneath the base of the side mirror.
While around 2:04, it's painted white.

In the gallery, there is also a 360 view of the car, and in that view, guess what? The strips underneath the base of the side mirrors ARE PAINTED the same color as the color of the car you've chosen.

Honestly, I think I'd rather mine be chrome but white would've been ok too IF THEY WERE DONE WELL AND ON BOTH SIDES 😪. I'd post some pics of mine if requested (It's too dark to take pictures now). I also understand it's just asthetic but what do you guys expect from someone that details their own car? lol

My PHEV is Electric Shadow. Its chrome trims are not painted over anywhere, but it did have some areas of dull paintwork - under the driver's side mirror and further forward too. I didn't spot this for several weeks until the sun caught it at the right angle to make it obvious. I showed it to a detailer, who offered to fix it for £90, but in the end the dealer did it for free. I'm only reading between the lines here, but my guess is that the dealer is supposed to give the car its final polish after removing the huge amount of protective film and packing in which it's shipped. If the person in the dealership is a bit careless, then the areas around the wing mirrors are the most likely to get missed. I would guess that your chrome has some stray paint residue that will easily polish off - but I would have the dealer do it so they can't blame you for anything t,hat goes wrong.

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Part of designing and delivering a car to your dealer network should be including a checklist that the dealer can use to ensure they've gotten every piece of protective film removed. They shouldn't have to guess and use best effort.

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I have a Polar White Ioniq PHEV and when I was claying my car for the first time today, I found something odd that is likely to be a manufacturer defect. I live in the US and on the left side (driver side) , the chrome underneath the base of side mirror is painted white unlike the right side which is just chrome. The white painted chrome looks crudely painted too. This peaked my curiousity in whether the car should actually have the paint or chrome. I've had my Ioniq for about 5 months and it's funny I've never noticed before 😄.

During my investigation, I found another white Ioniq with the similar issue on youtube albeit the opposite of mine.

On 0:16 you can clearly see that the chrome strip goes all the way underneath the base of the side mirror.
While around 2:04, it's painted white.

In the gallery, there is also a 360 view of the car, and in that view, guess what? The strips underneath the base of the side mirrors ARE PAINTED the same color as the color of the car you've chosen.

Honestly, I think I'd rather mine be chrome but white would've been ok too IF THEY WERE DONE WELL AND ON BOTH SIDES 😪. I'd post some pics of mine if requested (It's too dark to take pictures now). I also understand it's just asthetic but what do you guys expect from someone that details their own car? lol

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